This chapter is rated M for Mature. Please do not continue reading if you are not of a proper age.
Located on one of highly coveted 'dirt roads' of Amagansett, the Chapman's cottage sat on more than an acre of land. The landscaped grounds begged for a hammock and a good book. Alex pulled up in her mom's beat up Corolla and immediately felt out of place among the Mercedes, BMWs and Audis that lined the long driveways along the winding road.
Her feeling out of place only lasted a minute as her heart raced at the thought of seeing Piper for the first time in a month and knowing what this weekend would bring. At midnight, Piper would turn 18 and Alex could show her how she felt.
She grabbed her suitcase from the trunk and proceeded up the distressed brick path to the front door. Before she could ring the doorbell, Piper came running out and almost knocked the dark haired woman down.
The blonde wrapped her arms around Alex's waist and kissed her firmly on the mouth without preamble.
After a minute of some pretty intense kissing, Alex smiled. "Hey, babe."
"Hi." Piper bit her lower lip. "Welcome."
"This place wasn't easy to find," she said, while looking at the expansive living room that bled into the modern kitchen.
"Privacy is one of the privileges of owning a home here." She took the older woman's hand and led her into the center of the room. "I'll show you around."
"Clearly this is the living room," the brunette stated. She looked up at the pitched cedar ceiling and the massive river rock fireplace. "It's charming."
They walked into the kitchen, which was outfitted with Viking stainless steel appliances. Piper opened the door to the liquor cabinet. "I used to sneak in here when I was younger and drink the brandy."
The brunette laughed. "When you were younger? What, were you like 12?"
"Yes," was all she responded. She grabbed Alex's hand and walked her to the downstairs bedrooms. One had bunk beds, the other had a twin bed in the middle of the room. "This room is clearly mine."
"Yellow and pink décor. How appropriate for the young lady," Alex said with a grin.
"We're going to stay in my parents' room. It's much more impressive."
They walked up a set of stairs to the master bedroom, which also had cedar pitched ceilings. There was a queen sized bed in the room, under two skylights. To the left was a set of French doors that led out onto a balcony, which had two red rocking chairs flanked to the side.
Alex stepped outside and could see the ocean from that vantage point. "I plan to spend some time out here."
"I used to come up here to read," the blonde said as she joined her on the balcony. "Even though it's off of my parents' room, they couldn't find me. It was my secret hideaway."
The dark haired woman kissed her on the forehead. She walked back inside and stood in the middle of the room. "You sure you're comfortable sleeping in your parents' bed?"
"Positive." She reached up to kiss her lover on the side of the mouth before whispering, "That other room, 'my' room, represents my childhood, and I'm not a child anymore."
Alex wiped her lover's bangs across her forehead. "No, you're not." She kissed her softly on the lips, and they simultaneously deepened the kiss.
"It feels so good to kiss you, Alex," she said in a quiet voice with eyes shut.
"Likewise, babe." The dark haired woman smiled tenderly at her. "Was that a swimming pool I saw out there?"
"Yeah," Piper replied, grabbing Alex's hand and walking back downstairs.
They went out onto the deck, which needed sanding, and looked at the pool.
"I called our lawn company yesterday, and they came to uncover the pool and make sure everything was in working order out here."
Alex wiggled her eyebrows. "Want to go skinny dipping?"
Piper smiled wickedly. "I'm game if you are."
"Can anyone see us?"
"So what if they can?" She bit her lip. "Are you chicken?"
"No." The dark haired woman stepped closer to her companion and lifted Piper's shirt over her head.
The blonde gulped as she stood there with only a bright pink bra and khaki shorts.
Alex took a step back and stared at her lover before removing her own shirt, and then her jeans. "Come here."
The blonde took a small step forward, allowing Alex to remove her bra. The brunette's hands immediately covered Piper's breasts, and both women let out a small moan. When she was done massaging her lover's breasts, she unbuttoned Piper's shorts, which immediately fell to the ground.
The younger woman peeled off her underwear and stood before her lover completely naked.
"You're too fucking beautiful."
"Your turn." Piper reached out to remove her lover's bra, and then peeled her purple underwear off her body.
They stood there, inches apart, and stared at each other for a moment before both of their hands reached out to touch the other. Before they knew it, they were tangled together, pressing hard against the other's body and lips locked in a ferocious kiss.
"You feel so good," the blonde breathed out.
"Mmm hmm," Alex responded, not allowing her lips to leave her lover's mouth. "Before this goes too far, what about the skinny dipping?"
Piper laughed against her mouth before pulling away, taking three huge steps and jumping into the water. "Fuck, it's cold!"
Alex shook her head. "I'm not coming in if it's cold."
Piper hoisted herself up on the lip of the pool and chased a squealing Alex down. When she caught up with her lover, she wrapped her frigid body around her despite Alex's protests. "No, Piper! You're fucking freezing! Get off me!"
The blonde kissed Alex's neck over and over, whispering between kisses, "You're coming in, like it or not." She used all her strength to wrestle her naked lover into the swimming pool.
"Fuck!" Alex popped up out of the cold water, immediately reaching for her glasses.
"Looking for these?" Piper, who was still standing on the deck, had placed Alex's black frames on her own face.
She wiped the water out of her eyes. "If I could see you better, I would assume you look hot."
Instead of jumping in, the blonde walked to the right side of the pool and eased herself in, step by step, shimmying her hips as she proceeded into the water, eyeglasses still firmly in place. "Can you see me now?"
"If you don't wear glasses, I'm buying you frames." She swam over to her lover. "You're a hot nerd."
"Takes one to know one." Piper smiled.
They wrapped their arms around each other again, this time softly, slowly kissing each other. The slickness of Piper's wet body brought a different kind of wetness to Alex's center.
"As much as I want to have sex with you right now, babe, it's not going to happen until midnight." The dark haired woman removed her glasses from the girl's face and placed them on her own.
Piper looked at her lover like she had three heads. "You have to be kidding."
"No, I'm not." She swam away from the blonde, still facing her, a smirk firmly in place. "You're not 18 until the clock strikes 12."
"Alex, we're fucking naked in a pool together, and we just had our hands all over each other," she pouted. "I don't want to stop."
"I promise to make it well worth the wait." She stood fully in the three feet of water and wrung out her hair. "Now let's have some fun. Couples who play together, stay together."
"You're so fucking cheesy." The younger woman tried to hide her smile as she slapped away Alex's arm as it encircled her waist, but her protestations were only for show. She wasted no time, draping her own arms around the brunette's shoulders.
They twirled in the water, smiling, laughing and kissing, until the sun peeked behind the house and the breeze picked up. Deciding it was too cold to be in the water, Piper tugged her lover's hand up the steps and into the house where she grabbed two oversized towels. They assisted each other drying off, and Piper offered to build a fire.
"While you do that, mind if I take a shower?"
"Go for it." She kissed Alex on the side of the mouth.
When she was under the gentle spray of the shower, Alex closed her eyes and let the water stream on her face. She couldn't believe she was really there—in Piper's home, away from the rest of the world—and going to have sex with her that night. A smile slowly formed on her face, and laughter escaped her mouth.
She dried off and went into the bedroom to find a robe on the bed, apparently placed there by her lover. "Is this for me?" She called downstairs.
"The robe? Yeah. It's a gift."
Alex put on the ivory colored robe and basked in the luxurious, Turkish material. (Her old robe was a tattered piece of cotton that she ended up throwing away in Berkeley.) She dried her hair with a towel and journeyed downstairs. "You didn't have to buy me a gift."
Piper was standing in front of the fire, wrapped in a beach towel. "I wanted to give you something that only we would see—something intimate and comfortable."
"This was a perfect choice." She kissed her. "Thank you."
Alex sat on the sofa, inviting Piper to join her on her lap. Before she knew it, Piper had fallen asleep curled up against her. Alex didn't dare move—it was too comfortable and intimate to wake the sleeping young woman. She drifted off as well and didn't wake until the chirp of a phone startled her.
"What time is it?" Piper reached for the phone on the coffee table. "7:45," she answered her own question.
"Was that your phone or mine?" Alex asked, holding Piper closer.
Piper scrolled through her messages. "Must've been yours."
The brunette kissed her lover on the cheek before standing and finding her mobile phone. "Fuck, I forgot that I made dinner reservations at 8!"
Piper smiled. "You made reservations for the two of us?"
"Yes, and we're going to be late."
"I'll throw on some clothes, and we'll go." The blonde shrugged.
"And what do you suggest? That I go in my new robe?" Alex asked with mock indignation, her faint smile giving her away.
"Easier access for me." She slid a hand into the gap of Alex's robe and caressed her stomach.
"If you continue doing that, we won't make it to dinner." Alex kissed her. "And I insist upon taking you out for your birthday."
Piper planted three more kisses on the older woman's lips. "If you say so."
They walked the half mile to Main Street and were only 10 minutes late for their reservation. Alex apologized to the hostess, who didn't seem to care. The restaurant was full, but there didn't appear to be a wait.
The women sat at a corner table and touched hands, arms, legs—anything within reach. Alex wasn't ashamed of touching Piper that night, after all, in three hours, she'd be 18 and wouldn't have to feel guilty about a damn thing.
After a delicious seafood feast, they walked down the quaint street for an hour, admiring the little boutiques and restaurants where the rich shopped and dined.
"Piper!" A boy waved as he approached on his skateboard.
"Hey, Abe," the blonde replied, taking a step away from Alex.
"Is that you, Alex?" The boy asked, stepping on the tail of his skateboard and picking it up. "Remember me?"
"Of course I do, Abe." Alex nervously brushed her hair over her shoulder. Abe was in the same class as Piper when she was substituting. "How's it going?"
"Fine," he replied, glancing between the women. "What are you two doing here?"
The women exchanged glances. When Piper didn't chime in, Alex decided to answer. "I'd never been to the Hamptons," she started. "Piper invited me to check it out."
"Cool," he replied. "Where are you staying?"
Piper swallowed hard, but tried to act casual. "At my parents' house."
"Are they around?" He asked. "My folks would probably want to see them. You know how they like to drink martinis and send us out for errands."
"Um, no," Piper replied. "They're…they didn't make it this time."
Abe looked confused. "So, it's just the two of you?"
Alex lifted her chin. "Yes, just the two of us. Piper turns 18 tomorrow."
"Do you two, like, hang out and stuff?" He probed.
The dark haired woman folded her arms. "We'll probably hang out quite a bit more…when Piper turns 18."
Abe lifted his eyebrows. "Um, ok. Got it…I better get going. I'm picking up fro yo for my family."
"It was good seeing you, Abe," Alex said.
"Yeah, um, you, too." With that, he zipped away on his skateboard, looking back once.
"Oh my God!" Piper exhaled. She looked like she didn't know whether she wanted to smile or cry. "What the fuck?"
Alex shrugged and rubbed her back. "Relax, kid. It won't matter what he thinks in an hour and a half."
Piper shook her head. "He's probably going home to masturbate at the thought of you and me together."
The brunette whacked her arm. "Piper!"
She shrugged. "What? We're hot…People will think we're hot together."
Alex smirked. "I'm taking you home, kid."